Debbie Ratcliff, spokesperson for the agency, said because the state is investigating testing complaints within the district, it decided to have monitors on site.

Monitors were on different campuses Monday for the start of testing and will be at random campuses today and Wednesday.

Ninth-graders across the state took the English I STAAR test Monday. Today's testing schedule includes the first day of fourth- and seventh-grade writing, as well as fifth- and eighth-grade math and English II.

On Wednesday, Texas fourth- and seventh-graders will finish the second day of the writing test and fifth- and eighth-graders will take the reading test.

Only one other district in the state has monitors on site to oversee state testing, Ratcliff said.

Beaumont ISD is on the state's watch list as the agency continues to investigate several areas of concern, including testing, finance and enrollment. The agency has already completed an investigation into the district's special education department and has put a monitor in place to oversee changes in that department.

Last year, a TEA investigation found that during 2012 testing, a substitute teacher at Central High School provided "unallowable assistance to at least one student" on the state math exam.

Another teacher who no longer works for the district reported the cheating to the state.

That substitute no longer works for BISD.

Additional testing for different grade levels is scheduled for later this month and early May.